- Achatinella abbreviata
Taxobox
name = "Achatinella abbreviata"
status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Stylommatophora
familia =Achatinellidae
genus = "Achatinella "
species = "A. abbreviata"
binomial = "Achatinella abbreviata"
binomial_authority = Reeve, 1850
synonyms ="Achatinella abbreviata", an Ookinaahu tree snail, was a
species of colorful tropical tree-living air-breathing landsnail , anarboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the genus "Achatinella".Many of this group of species of arboreal snails are sinistral or left-handed in their
spiral shell coiling, whereas most gastropod shells are dextral. (See the section onchirality in the articlegastropod shell ).Distribution
This species was endemic to the Hawaiʻian island of
Oʻahu .Conservation status
This species is considered to be extinct.
ource
* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/167/all Achatinella abbreviata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
06 August 2007 .
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